Apparently Tories are sending letters to the 1922 Committee over this. God, please let the Tories have a leadership election now. It would be so funny.
I’m guessing the election still goes ahead even if they get rid of Rishi beforehand?
They can untill Thursday. Once the king devolves parliment. Any change is pretty much impossible. But till then. Yes a new leader could halt it.
But my gowd are they nuts. How freaking bad would it look. Come the end of Jan when they are forced to run. I can see voters really punishing them.
But even now its look like sunak called the election to try and stop another leadership challenge.
It would be hugely entertaining. However, the 1922 committee bend the rules when it suits them. There’s no way they’ll admit in public that the threshold has been reached even if it does, and I don’t think it will because even the loony right has a majority who have a sense of self interest. It’s too late politically now that the general election has been announced, and there’ll be a leadership election after the general election anyway, even if something remarkable happens and they keep a slim majority or achieve a coalition.
Probably goes without saying in a politics community, but:
Everyone go and double check that you’re registered to vote at your current address and make sure you arrange for a postal/proxy vote if you’re gonna be on holiday or otherwise away (particularly students who may have registered at their uni addresses, this date is almost certainly partly chosen to disenfranchise students)
Don’t ever believe polls no matter how safe things look, surprises on polling day are not uncommon.
Yay! HANG THE TORIES!!!
Oh wait. Sorry. Not like that.
But then again…
🚨 GENERAL ELECTION 🚨
Febrile atmosphere here for the first Lemmy ukpol election
